Carrier profile · USDOT 1626502 · MC-856166 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

First Choice Transport Inc

DBA DELIVERY ON DEMAND

38 power unitsavg 4.8 yrRegional · 3 statesSYRACUSE, NY100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-856166 ACTIVE
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 16.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 42 vehicle and 61 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

40.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 13.0 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

59 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 5

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 38-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
38
Inspections · 24 mo
61
Annualized
≈31 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

29%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
35%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
34%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Aug 18, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 14 total · 0 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231001
20223013
20213003
20201001
20191011
20172022
20162002
20091011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 3, 2023PA00Yes
Nov 22, 2022NY00Yes
Nov 3, 2022NY00Yes
Jun 30, 2022PA01Yes
Aug 29, 2021NY00Yes
May 28, 2021PA00Yes
Jan 14, 2021NY00Yes
Dec 4, 2020PA00Yes
Dec 2, 2019NY01Yes
Dec 4, 2017CT01Yes
Oct 17, 2017NJ01Yes
Oct 10, 2016NY00Yes
Jul 7, 2016NY00Yes
Dec 23, 2009NY01Yes